DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/08 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 7.5 - - 21.8 - - 22.3 - - 18.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 38 - - 11 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 44 - - 1342 - - 1458 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 917 - - 918 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - 933 - - 2231 - - 2347 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 67 - - 1385 - - 789 - - 1444 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 4 - - 152 - - 108 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 7 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 198 - - 182 - - 171 - - 173 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1021 - - -75 - - -410 - - -925 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1954 - - 2306 - - 2757 - - 1859 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11534 - - -588 - - -6670 - - -10544 ODpotential blCL - - - 12467 - - 2819 - - 9017 - - 11478 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 90 - - 94 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 7.5 - - 21.8 - - 22.3 - - 18.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 3.0 - - 15.5 - - 13.9 - - 13.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 11.7 - - 21.7 - - 22.3 - - 19.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.5 - - 14.7 - - 13.0 - - 13.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 38 - - 11 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 44 - - 1342 - - 1458 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 60 - - 78 - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95777 6 271 15 287 14 283 11 265 95777 88622 16 335 14 273 21 289 19 303 88622 83085 20 296 19 283 26 285 30 301 83085 78424 21 292 21 282 31 279 35 301 78424 74356 30 285 24 266 38 275 44 295 74356 70762 35 276 34 269 42 274 48 286 70762 67513 43 282 48 270 47 273 49 281 67513 64524 49 278 48 277 52 277 55 277 64524 61750 52 278 60 282 53 278 55 274 61750 59057 57 275 63 276 56 280 61 281 59057 56243 59 269 62 272 61 278 63 279 56243 53318 62 269 66 271 66 276 64 281 53318 50524 64 271 69 275 67 276 68 285 50524 48010 69 276 74 277 65 279 74 285 48010 45754 71 278 74 275 65 279 74 282 45754 43707 67 279 69 277 63 280 71 284 43707 41835 64 281 67 280 63 283 74 286 41835 40114 64 283 70 280 68 285 76 286 40114 38525 63 283 70 282 68 285 74 287 38525 37048 60 285 65 286 66 288 70 291 37048 35672 58 292 60 290 68 291 71 298 35672 34355 56 295 59 294 69 293 80 299 34355 33034 53 297 59 299 65 295 80 298 33034 31679 52 299 60 305 58 299 77 303 31679 30293 46 296 62 309 53 301 76 304 30293 28860 35 299 62 312 52 308 64 298 28860 27366 33 303 60 313 58 310 56 296 27366 25803 31 297 57 314 59 310 55 298 25803 24164 28 292 55 316 57 314 48 300 24164 22451 23 287 48 311 53 319 42 300 22451 20664 21 284 37 301 49 323 39 300 20664 18796 24 283 27 287 45 318 38 304 18796 16840 24 283 23 279 40 311 36 301 16840 14839 23 288 22 285 35 305 37 297 14839 12910 21 289 22 288 31 295 33 297 12910 11161 17 283 21 278 28 289 30 295 11161 9609 18 282 16 266 18 269 29 295 9609 8235 17 289 14 258 17 275 20 280 8235 7024 10 278 12 248 18 267 17 256 7024 5957 4 218 11 224 15 256 18 253 5957 5013 4 159 10 216 11 237 16 251 5013 4183 7 122 11 162 13 221 15 226 4183 3455 9 116 11 142 13 187 17 210 3455 2811 10 124 10 141 10*168 21 193 2811 2246 11 149 8*162 9*168 21 182 2246 1776 12 167 8*179 9 171 18 177 1776 1417 11 182 7 181 9 172 16 176 1417 1169 10 188 7 183 8 173 13 175 1169 1020 4 167 7 183 7 174 10*173 1020 934 1*198 6 185 6 174 6*173 934 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography